Recommended tire pressure
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Recommended tire pressure
Hi. I am just curious what the recommended tire pressure for our cars is, I have the 19" rims and the Contis the car came with. The door sticker has 41/41 while the manual has 39/33. Thanks.
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Much better and smooth driving comparing to 41/41. That's just too much in my opinion
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41/41 is for a fully loaded car. So unless you usually drive around with 3-4 passengers, you want to keep the pressures lower.
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Incognito, if you crack open the Owner's Manual and look towards at the rear of the book, you'll find comprehensive inflation info for you car. It'll call out the various wheel diameters and recommended pressures for Normal load vs. MAX load.
Sadly, in the USA, the B pillar sticker shows only MAX load
Sadly, in the USA, the B pillar sticker shows only MAX load
#5
As others have stated 41 is for Max load. If you fill to 41 without Max load and drive around like that all the time, the center section of the tire treads will wear out too soon because the tires are over-inflated. I go with (about) 39/36 and use nitro fill so typically don't need to add anything between tire rotations (but still check at least once / month).
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As others have stated 41 is for Max load. If you fill to 41 without Max load and drive around like that all the time, the center section of the tire treads will wear out too soon because the tires are over-inflated. I go with (about) 39/36 and use nitro fill so typically don't need to add anything between tire rotations (but still check at least once / month).
#7
I can confirm this. I overinflated tires on my S4 and the center wore out while the sides still had a fair amount of life left.
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